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Effective fever treatment

Fever affects around 70% of pre-school children every year. Giving children either paracetamol or ibuprofen is effective in reducing fever.

Children and fever

Although fevers are very common in children, it can still be frightening when your child is running a temperature.

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Excluding serious infection

To exclude the diagnosis of serious illness, it is helpful to ask a series of questions.

Defining fever

RACGP guidelines define fever as an abnormally high temperature of 38ºC or above.

Digital and Infrared (IR) ear thermometers

Measuring temperature in children and infants will always present challenges.

Measuring Fever in Children

Fever in children is a common presentation in paediatric practice. Anxious parents often have unrealistic concerns about fever and, in view of this, fast and accurate temperature measurement expedites diagnosis and treatment options.

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